Yams — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Yams — Area harvested was 80,735 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) stood at 80,735 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 84,139 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42,532 ha, in 2003.
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,143 ha | 43,100 ha | 51,614 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,769 ha | 50,537 ha | 55,765 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,031 ha | 57,513 ha | 71,448 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,534 ha | 44,014 ha | 69,885 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,909 ha | 42,532 ha | 50,856 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,571 ha | 54,847 ha | 82,728 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,481 ha | 77,104 ha | 84,139 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
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- Bananas — Production 8.60 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 675,433 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 486,241 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 326,787 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 26,848 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 297,257 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 39.08 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 4.94 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 100,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Yams — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 80,735 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 84,139 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,532 ha in 2003.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.